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Listening in my Sleep

from When My Baby Comes Around by Rod Johnson

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lyrics

Between the busy signals, beyond the dial tone
Canyons full of voices when you thought you were alone
Hidden ways from house to house where only children go
Words spoken in a private tongue that only children know

We spend the nights in concealment, trying to stay young
Almost touching, almost lost, almost come undone
We tell each other the softest lies, we promise to be kind
And when the dawn carries us off, no one’s left behind

[chorus]
Out on the midnight wave, suspended above the deep
I hear you in the secret wires, listening in my sleep
I feel the future rushing in, I pray my soul to keep
Listening, listening all night long, listening in my sleep

Someday we’ll be just like them, but please don’t take us yet
How will we live, remembering, how can we forget
No matter how full we come to be of troubled, restless rage
Forever we’ll remember that we used to be this brave

[chorus]

Lonely voices whispering the ghost of some old song
And everybody’s out there wishing they could sing along
Out on the secret wire, stay still, don’t look down
Or you’ll find yourself among them, broken on the ground

I fell asleep to the sweetest sound, your breathing in my ear
When I awoke, the sound was gone, and I was stranded here

credits

from When My Baby Comes Around, released June 25, 2019
Rod Johnson: acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
Robin Monterosso: vocals
Mike Gentry: electric guitar
David Roof: bass, organ
Donn Deniston: drums

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Rod Johnson Ann Arbor, Michigan

Singer, songwriter, not really a singer-songwriter though. Just trying to make something good.

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